Neil Collins

Neil Collins appears in our data through filings on Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC shares, published by RNS (LSE). In total, 4 filings cover trades dated from 12 May 2017 to 22 January 2019.

Purchases make up the whole of the open-market record (4 purchases, €165k). A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. Since January 2019: 1 purchase and no sales on the market.

In size, the median ticket on the buying side is €41k. Clusters matter here: 1 out of 4 purchases overlapped with buying by a colleague within 30 days. A cluster is several different insiders buying the same stock within a short window, a pattern studied more closely than a single purchase. For 4 purchases whose 90-day window has closed, the share price was higher on day 90 than the day after publication in 100% of cases, with a median move of +6.9%. They describe history only and say nothing certain about the share price ahead.

On 22 January 2019 came the latest disclosure, an open-market purchase for €16k in Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC. The median gap between trade and publication is zero days: most filings appear on the same day. For comparison, UK MAR gives managers three business days to notify a trade. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by RNS (LSE). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.